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Actors Born on August 30

  • 1889 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italian actor (Foreign Correspondent, Gunga Din), born in Ischia, Italy (d. 1969)
  • 1896 Raymond Massey, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (Abe Lincoln In Illinois; Dr. Kildare (TV series)), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1983)

Shirley Booth (1898-1992)

American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Come Back, Little Sheba, Hazel), born in New York City

  • 1906 [Rose] Joan Blondell, American actress (Grease, The Blue Veil), born in New York City (d. 1979)
  • 1908 Fred MacMurray, American actor (Double Indemnity, The Apartment, My Three Sons), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1991)
  • 1910 Donald Bisset, British children book writer, illustrator (Upside Down Stories) and actor (Battle of the Sexes), born in Brentford, Middlesex, England (d. 1995)
  • 1914 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001)
  • 1925 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea), born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)
  • 1926 Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name "The Grand Wizard of Wrestling"), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1983)
  • 1927 Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2018)
  • 1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan), born in Jakarta, Indonesia (d. 2022)
  • 1936 Edward Pałłasz, Polish classical, theater, and film composer, born in Starogard Gdański, Poland (d. 2019)
  • 1938 Steve Delaney, English newscaster (Monitor), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York
  • 1939 Elizabeth Ashley, American actress (Coma, Evening Shade), born in Ocala, Florida
  • 1939 John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (BBC Radio 1), born in Heswell, Merseyside (d. 2004)
  • 1941 Ben Jones, American politician and actor (The Dukes of Hazzard), born in Tarboro, North Carolina
  • 1941 Sue MacGregor, BBC 4 radio broadcaster (Woman's Hour), born in Oxford, England
  • 1944 Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian (Neerlands Hoop), born in Westernieland, Netherlands
  • 1944 Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)

Peggy Lipton (77 years old)

1946 American actress (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks), born in New York City

  • 1948 Lewis Black, American stand-up comedian (Lewis Black's Root of All Evil), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1949 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
  • 1951 Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and actress (Flight of the Doves), born in Islington, London, England
  • 1951 Timothy Bottoms, American actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden), born in Santa Barbara, California
  • 1954 David Paymer, American actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night), born in Oceanside, New York
  • 1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3), born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • 1959 Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1960 Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1963 Michael Chiklis, American actor (Commish, The Shield), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
  • 1966 Michael Michele, American actress (Nikki-Central Park West), born in Evansville, Indiana
  • 1967 Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model (Victoria’s Secret), born in The Hague, Netherlands

Cameron Diaz (51 years old)

1972 American actress (Shrek, The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding), born in Long Beach, California

  • 1973 Lisa Ling, American journalist (CNN), born in Sacramento, California
  • 1976 Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress, born in Bradford, England
  • 1977 Elden Henson, American actor (Daredevil), born in Rockville, Maryland
  • 1979 Leon Lopez, British actor (Brookside), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1979 Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer, born in Hong Kong
  • 1979 Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
  • 1983 Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor, born in Toshima, Tokyo
  • 1988 Jordan Rodgers, American TV personality and footballer player (The Bachelorette), born in Chico, California
  • 1996 Trevor Jackson, American actor, singer-songwriter (Grown-ish), born in Indianapolis, Indiana